Frequently Asked Questions
Who has free access?
Individuals from certain countries receive free access to PDFs based on
their computer’s IP address.
When you go on-line, the computer that you are using is assigned an IP
address, which can be translated to determine whether you should have free
access.
What does the individual see if they have free access?
Web site visitors will be able to use the National Academies Press Web site
like anyone else. Once an eligible individual views a catalog or Openbook page
the format changes. Along the right side of the screen they will see a "Sign
In" button and note explaining that they can access the report for free.
The picture below depicts what a visitor from Albania would see if they were
viewing page three in the Openbook of the Evaluation of Voluntary National
Tests, Year 2 report.
Someone who is not eligible for free access would not see a
"Sign In" button or note. Instead, the visitor will be presented with several
"Buy It" buttons, as shown below.
Eligible individuals are asked to "Sign In"
Once eligible individuals click the "Sign In" button, a questionnaire is
displayed requiring them to enter their email address, profession and whether
they will be reading the book for work or personal pleasure.
Note: Although entering an email address is required to access the free
PDFs, NAP does not send the individual unwanted email.
After completing the questionnaire they are returned to the page they were
viewing and can press the "Get It" button to download the chapter(s) or entire
book.
The picture below shows the two "Get It" buttons that eligible individuals
see after completing the questionnaire.
E-mail addresses do not determine free access
If an individual has an e-mail account with a company in the UK or another
developed country, that does not mean they will not be able to access the free
PDFs. An IP address is not assigned based on where your email account is
located.
For example, you could sign up for a Yahoo! UK e-mail account today, but
your IP address would still be based in the United States. Similarly, an
individual can have a UK based e-mail address and still be recognized as being
from a developing country.
A long shot: Meets the criteria, but denied free access
Is there a chance that someone in Africa could end up with a UK based IP
address or another IP address that would cause them to be denied access to the
free reports? Yes, but the odds are slim.
When a person accesses the World Wide Web, their modem will dial a local
Internet Service Provider (ISP). The local ISP assigns the person an IP
address. The key here is that the ISP is local. In the earlier example of
signing up for a Yahoo! UK e-mail address, if you wanted to obtain a UK IP
address, you would have to place an international phone call to a service
provider in the UK. Then you would be assigned a UK IP address.
International travel will effect access!
Travel may affect an individual’s ability to access free PDFs. If you
were on travel in the UK and you accessed the Internet using a hotel connection
for example, you would not be able to access the PDFs for free because you
would be assigned a UK IP address. Once you returned to your home country and
connected to the Internet using your local ISP, you would once again be
eligible to access free PDFs.
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